DEDICATION

Beside each cradle—so an old legend runs—Fate stands
and with just scale weighs the sunshine and shadow to
which every life is entitled. But if Dame Fate is in a
kindly mood 'tis said she throws in a bit of extra
brightness for the pure joy of giving.

BARBARA WILSON COMSTOCK
you are
"THE EXTRA BIT"
To you I dedicate this book

HARRIET T. COMSTOCK.

Flatbush—Brooklyn, N. Y.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

  1. [Mam'selle Jo Is Set Free]
  2. [Mam'selle Must Buy a Husband]
  3. [Mam'selle Does Not Buy a Husband]
  4. [But Mam'selle Makes a Vow]
  5. [Enter Donelle]
  6. [Mam'selle Hears Part of the Truth]
  7. [Marcel Takes Her Stand by Jo]
  8. [The Priest and the Road Mender]
  9. [Woman and Woman]
  10. [Pierre Gets His Revenge]
  11. [The Great Decision]
  12. [The Hidden Current Turns]
  13. [The Inevitable]
  14. [A Choice of Roads]
  15. [The Look]
  16. [The Story]
  17. [The Blighting Truth]
  18. [Tom Gavot Settles the Matter]
  19. [The Confession]
  20. [Gavot Gets His Call]
  21. [Donelle at Last Sees Tom]
  22. [Norval Comes Back]
  23. [Both Norval and Donelle—See]
  24. [The Glory Breaks Through]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

["Jo Morey was forty and as dark as a midwinter day deprived of the sanctifying warmth of the sun. She was formed for service, not charm"] . . . Frontispiece